Letter: There is no such thing as gay marriage 'equality'

Heather, left, and Natalie Starr with daughter Libby raise their hands in celebration after being married on the steps of the Outagamie County administration building on June 9, 2014 in Appleton, Wis. They are the first sam-sex couple to be married in the county. Wm.Glasheen/Post-Crescent Media

EDITOR: The term now being heard regarding same-sex marriage is "marriage equality." Let's examine that thought for a moment.

Show a young child a picture of a man and a woman holding hands. Now show the child a picture of two men or two women holding hands. Then ask the child if these things are the same or different. The child instinctively knows that both pictures are not the same; the second does not equal the first; they are different.

Sexual relations between a man and a woman are unique because a man and a woman are physically different but complementary. Sexual relations between a man and a woman are not the same as sexual relations between two men or two women; they are not equal; they are different.

A man and a woman by themselves can come together, conceive and produce a child. Two men by themselves or two women by themselves can never procreate. As far as procreation goes, the union of two same-sex persons is not the same as the marriage between a man and a woman; the unions are not equal; they are different.

On a physical level alone, not even considering the mental, emotional, social or spiritual aspects, it is readily apparent that same-sex marriage can never equal the natural marriage between a man and a woman. "Marriage equality" as it is being promoted is impossible.

Curtis Beversdorf,

Plover

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Letter: There is no such thing as gay marriage 'equality'

EDITOR: The term now being heard regarding same-sex marriage is 'marriage equality.' Let's examine that thought for a moment.

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